@StatisticUrban And the 60 vote threshold for SCOTUS votes was still in place. So tbe 45 Republicans in the Senate would have still blocked Obama’s pick.
@admcrlsn Correct. He has fundamentally changed post-stroke. Doesn’t mean people shouldn’t vote him out in a primary, but his personality and politics have severely shifted.
@NickyScatz@deray The House first passed ACA with a public option and the Senate balked. Thanks to so-called Dems like Lieberman. Obama did not enjoy a filibuster proof majority.
@JoJoFromJerz I really don’t have sympathy for the Japanese PM. She enjoyed fashioning herself as a MAGA type, and she should know this is the price. Sitting there enduring his bull 💩.